Building the Civil Society of Tomorrow Means Investing in Teachers Today (Open Society Foundations)

(Source: Open Society Foundations) This World Teachers' Day, October 5, it's time to consider how support for professional teachers helps them do their urgent jobs more fully. This becomes clear in the video above, produced by Education International. It shows teachers around the world aiming to exceed the rote tasks of lessons and disciplines. They work to help young people develop into confident, responsible citizens despite adverse circumstances. "As teachers we must always be able to promise something better than what society offers," says David De Coster, a teacher. His vision of quality education shows how a commitment to open society, for many children, starts with a good teacher. And...